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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Susan Smith Age: 25 Birth Year: abt 1835 Birth Place: Tennessee Home in 1860: Great Salt Lake City Ward 13, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory Post Office: Great Salt Lake City Dwelling Number: 130 Family Number:131
Household Members Age
George A Smith 44
Basheba Smith 28
George A Smith 18
Basheba Smith 17
Susan Smith 25
John H Smith 11
Clara Smith 1
Andrew J Stewart 12
Juliana Sampson 11
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Susan Smith Age in 1870: 30 Birth Date: [1833] Birthplace: Pennsylvania [Tennessee] Dwelling Number: 251 Home in 1870: Salt Lake City Ward 13, Salt Lake, Utah Territory Post Office: Salt Lake City
Household Members Age
George Smith 53
Mary Smith 74
Basheba Smith 47 also wife of George
Susan Smith 30
Cabrag Smith 12
Margaret Smith 8
Elizabeth Smith 5
Pricila Smith 1
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Susan Smith Age: 46 Birth Date: Abt 1834 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1880: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Street: Second West Street Dwelling Number: 181 Marital Status: Widowed Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Members Age Relationship
Susan Smith 46 Self (Head)
Margaret Smith 17 Daughter
Elizabeth Smith 13 Daughter
Priscilla Smith 10 Daughter
Emma Smith 9 Daughter
Wm. Williams 29 Son
Clarissa Williams 21 Daughter-in-law
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Susan E Smith Age: 66 Birth Date: Dec 1833 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1900: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah Ward of City: 3 Street: North West Lemple Street House Number: 29 Sheet Number: 8
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 136 Family Number: 169 Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother: number of living children: 5 Mother: How many children: 5 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged Farm or House: H
Household Members Age Relationship
Susan E Smith 66 Head
Priscilla Smith 30 Daughter
Emma P Smith 28 Daughter
Elizabeth Cartwright 35 Daughter
Thomas H Cartwright 36 Son in Law
Pricilla Cartwright 6 Daughter
Hyrum S Cartwright 3 Son
Marion Cartwright 1 Daughter
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Name Susan Elizabeth West Smith Event Date 14 Oct 1926 Event Place Salt Lake City, Utah Age 91 Marital Status Widowed Birth Date 04 Dec 1834 Birthplace Benton County, Tennessee
Father's Name Samuel Walker West Mother's Name Margaret Cooper Spouse's Name George Albert Smith Document Type Certificate of Death
Utah Deaths and Burials
Name Susan Elizabeth West Smith Burial Date 16 Oct 1926 Burial Place City Cemetery Death Date 14 Oct 1926 Death Place Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Age 91
Birth Date 04 Dec 1834 Birthplace Benton Co., Tennessee Occupation At Home Marital Status Widowed
Father's Name Samuel Walker West Father's Birthplace Dixon Co., Tenn. Mother's Name Margaret Cooper Mother's Birthplace Halifax Co., N.C.
From pub. Samuel Walker West : families and genealogies by James Edwin West - Washington, UT 2007
DAUGHTERS;
Susan and George's five daughters were: Clarissa West, bom 21 April 1859; Margaret West, 5 December 1862; Elizabeth, 28 September 1866; Priciila, 11 June 1869; and Emma Pearl, 10 April 1871.
findagrave
Susan Elizabeth West Smith BIRTH 4 Dec 1833 Chalklevel, Benton County, Tennessee DEATH 14 Oct 1926 (aged 92) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah BURIAL Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
PLOT I_5_14_3E MEMORIAL ID 43379826
Parents Samuel Walker West 1804-1873 Margaret Cooper West 1804-1882
Spouse George Albert Smith 1817-1875
Siblings
Sarah Esther West Barton 1829-1906
John Anderson West 1830-1917
Emma Seraphine West Smith 1836-1910
Margaret Fletcher West Smith 1838-1864
Lydia Clementine West Freeman 1840-1912
William Moroni West 1842-1874
Nancy Malinda West Rollins 1844-1917
Half Siblings
Isaac Walker West 1859-1908
Phebe Maria West Pendleton 1860-1928
Minerva Ann West 1862-1866
Christiana Elizabeth West Woods 1866-1900
Hannah Rebecca West Allen 1867-1887
George Albert West 1869-1915
Children
Clarissa West Smith Williams 1859-1930
Margaret West Smith Parry 1862-1913
Elizabeth Smith Cartwright 1866-1921
Priscilla Smith Taylor 1869-1907
Emma Pearl Smith 1871-1905
Daughter of Samuel Walker West and Margaret Cooper Married George Albert Smith, 28 Oct 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children - Clarissa West Smith, Margaret West Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Priscilla Smith, Emma Pearl Smith
Posted 27 Jan 2014 by jmberrett30 by Susan Bennett Nichols Daughter of Samuel Walker West and Margaret Cooper West Wife of George A. Smith Mother of Clarissa Smith Williams
As the great, great-granddaughter and namesake of Susan Elizabeth West Smith, I was thrilled to give an overview of her life at the reunion. Here are a few important dates and highlights from her productive and meaningful life. Most of this information was gathered from wonderful articles and writings found in previous reunion books. Make sure to read over these to find a more complete story and pictures of her life as well.
Susan Elizabeth Bennett Nichols
1833, Dec. 4 Born in Benton County, Tennessee. The fourth child of Samuel Walker West and Margaret Cooper West.
1838-1840 Joins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a young girl. Moves to Nauvoo, Illinois with her family.
1844 Joseph Smith, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is martyred.
1846 Spring of 1846, Susan and her family leave Nauvoo. Susan was now 18 years old. Summer of 1846, the family moves to Mount Pisgah for several months. Mt. Pisgah was a temporary way station in southern Iowa for emigrants traveling west from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters. The saints endured many hardships here. 150 people die during the first 6 months. Later in the year, her family moves to Kanesville, Iowa where they remain for the next 5 years until the Spring of 1851.
1851, Sept 25 Arrives in Salt Lake Valley with the Harry Walton company and camps on the Jordan River.
1851, Oct. Several weeks later Susan and her family are sent to Parowan, Utah, located in southern Utah because the thought is that Saints from the southern States would adapt well to Utah’s Dixie.
1851-1857 A home is built in Parowan for Margaret Cooper West (Susan’s mother) and her children. Susan’s father, Samuel Walker West, makes his headquarters in Washington County with another one of his wives and family. This home is where Susan lives until she marries. During these years, Susan enjoys life, learning to cook, weave, quilt, as well as make soap. It is said of the West children, “[they] were very close to one another. They expressed their love and affection one for another frequently.” **The bag woven by Susan West to collect flour is shown as well as the sampler she stitched as a young girl. These items are in the Bennett Archive Collection.
President George A. Smith, 1st Counselor to Brigham Young, the President of the Church, was in charge of colonization in Southern Utah. He maintained a home in Parowan for this wife, Zilpha. The Smith and West families became very close.
1857, Oct. 28 At age 23, Susan marries George A. Smith to become his 7th and favorite wife. She leaves Parowan to live at the Church Historian’s office with her new husband and his first wife, Bathsheba. There is a great love and devotion that exists between Bathsheba and Susan.
1859, April 21 Clarissa West Smith is born as the first of five daughters. Their other daughters are Margaret, Elizabeth, Priscilla and Emma Pearl. Over the next years, Susan keeps in touch with her relatives and keeps all the letters she received from her loved ones. She and her children often spend vacations with her mother in Parowan.
1875 George A. Smith dies. Susan is 42 years old. She is left sufficiently well off to educate and take good care of her family. Later builds a large home at 29 North West Temple on the George A. Block. She has many boarders from various parts of the state who live at her home while they either work or attend the University of Utah. At the completion of the Salt Lake Temple, Susan is called to be one of the first ordinance workers. She devotes herself to this work for 20 years.
1923 Moves into her daughter’s home, Clarissa and William N. Williams’ home, at 1401 Sigsbee Avenue. Soon after she moves in a reception is held in her honor to celebrate her 90th birthday.
1926, Oct. 14 Susan Elizabeth West Smith dies at age 93, having lived with her daughter’s family for the last three years.
